Gene Stout was the pop music critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for more than two decades. His work continues at GeneStout.com, an independent online source for news, previews, reviews, feature stories and silly rumors about local and national music. Occasionally, Gene draws outside the lines of popular music to write about food, wine and lifestyle.

By MIKEL TOOMBS
When Sahara Smith was introduced to me as a “222-year-old rising Texan artist,” I knew I had to check her out. Pretty impressive, I thought: Was the “rising” in question from an Austin graveyard?
OK, so it turns out, not surprisingly, that the lovely Ms. Smith is only 22. But that’s …
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